Composer Libby Larsen interviewed by Charles Amirkhanian at the Exploratorium's Speaking of Music Series in San Francisco, November 13, 1986.

The composer and co-founder of the American Composers Forum is lively and candid in this late-eighties period piece in front of a live audience. Questioned by Charles Amirkhanian and members of the audience, Larsen talks about many things including her background (entering music school with a deep background in "stride boogie, Gregorian chant, and the Mickey Mouse Club"), the myth of making a living as a composer, and the story of a commission from the town of Terrace, MN, population 70. Larson's music is included too -- excerpts from "Four on the Floor", plus "Black Roller", "The Daytime Moon", and "Up Where the Air Is Thin", played in their entirety.


This audio is part of the collection: Other Minds Audio Archive
It also belongs to collections: Music & Arts; stream_only

Artist/Composer: Elizabeth Larsen
Date: 1986-11-13 00:00:00
Source: Other Minds
Label / Recorded by: KPFA
Keywords: 20th Century Classical

Creative Commons license: Music Sharing License

Notes

All Other Minds programs available, with additional print and photo materials, at http://www.radiOM.org.

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